Discuss What is the literal function of a door? What could a door, or opening a door, metaphorically represent or symbolise? Have you ever been in a situation when you opened the door on an unexpected situation or experience? What happened? Have you ever been afraid to open a door? Why?

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Modelling and Joint Construction The Door Go and open the door. Maybe outside there’s a tree, or a wood, a garden, or a magic city. Maybe a dog’s rummaging. Maybe you’ll see a face, or an eye, or the picture of a picture. If there’s a fog it will clear. Go and open the door. Even if there’s only the darkness ticking, even if there’s only the hollow wind, even if nothing is there, go and open the door. At least there’ll be a draught. Miroslav Holub

Modelling and Joint Construction Text Level How many stanzas? How long is each stanza? How have the ideas been sequenced? Does the poem rhyme? Line Level What kind of sentences have been used? What is the ‘voice’ in the poem? What kind of rhythm do the lines have? Word Level What kind of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs have been used? What kind of conjunctions and prepositions have been used? The Door Go and open the door. Maybe outside there’s a tree, or a wood, a garden, or a magic city. Maybe a dog’s rummaging. Maybe you’ll see a face, or an eye, or the picture of a picture. If there’s a fog it will clear. Go and open the door. Even if there’s only the darkness ticking, even if there’s only the hollow wind, even if nothing is there, go and open the door. At least there’ll be a draught. Miroslav Holub

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Support Sheet The Door Go and open the door. Maybe outside there’s __________, __________, ___________________, or _________________. Maybe __________________. Maybe __________________, or __________, or _______________ of _______________. If there’s ___________ it _____________. Go and open the door. Even if there’s only __________________, even if there’s only even if nothing is there, go and open the door. At least there’ll be _____________. Miroslav Holub